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Big Money! Find Out Kaley Cuoco's Net Worth In 2024—And How Much She Made on 'The Big Bang Theory'
Kaley Cuoco’s net worth includes big bucks from The Big Bang Theory. While the star first rose to fame playing Penny on the CBS sitcom, she raked in way more than pennies for her breakout role. As one of the highest-paid actresses in television, Cuoco made millions—and fulfilled her dreams.
“I think I already had my dream role on The Big Bang Theory,” she told Parade in 2019. “Everything now is icing on top of the cake.”
She’s certainly seen another sweet success with her most recent project, HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant, which she both stars in and executive produces. The dark comedy series has soared her career to new heights, earning Cuoco her first Emmy nomination.
“I’m known as Cassie now, not [just] Penny anymore, which is so crazy to me,” Cuoco told Glamour in April 2022, laughing that she was called a “newcomer” when she was nominated for a Golden Globe. “I’ve always said if I was remembered as Penny for the rest of my career, I’d be thrilled. But there was a shift there, and people felt that I was kind of new on the scene, which I guess in a way I was. But it just makes me laugh. It was like: Wow, that’s how they took it. That’s fascinating.”
Regardless of which leading lady you know her as, keep reading to find out everything we know about Kaley Cuoco’s net worth—including how much she’s made from her major roles.
How did Kaley Cuoco become famous?
Cuoco began her time in the spotlight at a young age. She was cast in Virtuosity, a film starring Denzel Washington, when she was just 7. She later earned a part in the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules…for Dating My Teenage Daughter, where she bonded with late actor John Ritter. “The respect and the kindness and the joy he brought to that set, it was unbelievable,” she previously told Variety. “In the future, if I was that No. 1, I knew how I was going to run my set.” While Cuoco is best known for her role on The Big Bang Theory, which lasted for twelve seasons, these days she’s finally the head of her own set on The Flight Attendant.
What is Kaley Cuoco’s net worth in 2024?
Kaley Cuoco’s net worth is $110 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
How much did Kaley Cuoco make on Charmed?
Cuoco’s salary for Charmed isn’t publicly known. She’s previously said her one-season run on the show wasn’t magical from the get-go, as she was nervous to join the established cast. “I did one year of Charmed and I was so terrified to join that show. It was overwhelming as a 21-year-old to go into that,” she said on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. “I was the new girl and they had been there for seven years.” When she arrived at set for the first day, she says co-star Alyssa Milano threw her arms around her and welcomed her to the show. “I know it sounds really small but that changed everything,” she said. “I’ll never forget that she did that when I was so scared.”
How much did Kaley Cuoco make from The Big Bang Theory?
Cuoco’s Big Bang Theory salary got bigger with time. She started off making $60,000 per episode—the same reported salary as co-stars Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons—according to Entertainment Weekly. It doesn’t take an astrophysicist to figure out that her paychecks come to a multimillion-dollar total (around $3,780,000, to be exact). The outlet reports that the stars renegotiated their salary for Season 4, upping their pay to $200,000 per episode and agreeing to a future bump of $50,000 for each subsequent season. In 2014, heading into Season 8, Cuoco signed a 3-year deal to make a whopping $1 million an episode, according to Deadline, in addition to back-end earnings. By Season 12, however, she reportedly took a $100,000 pay cut to help Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch secure pay raises, evidencing the cast’s famed off-screen camaraderie.
Cuoco has previously addressed the millions she made on the show, which earned her a spot as the second-highest-paid actress on a 2018 Forbes list. “That experience—the cast, the amount of time spent together, the pay, the ratings—like, it was nuts, it was unheard of,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2020. “That was so special and will be a part of my heart for the rest of my life. Nothing will ever compare to that and I think knowing that helps me separate that from what I’m doing now, which is so different and new.”
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How much did Kaley Cuoco make for The Flight Attendant?
It’s unclear how much Cuoco makes for The Flight Attendant, but her comments about her Big Bang Theory salary would indicate it might not be as sky-high (pun intended) as her previous earnings. The series marked the first release from her production company, Yes, Norman Productions, which is named after her dog. In 2021, Cuoco inked her third deal with Warner Bros. TV to develop programming for the studio’s platforms, which include The Flight Attendant streamer HBO Max.
The idea for The Flight Attendant first took flight when Cuoco encountered a book description on Amazon that caught her eye. “Amazon gives you one sentence, and it was something like ‘fun-loving, drunk flight attendant wakes up next to a dead body in a strange hotel,’” she previously told Variety. “And I got a chill.”
While we don’t know how much she made while bringing that Chris Bohjalian-authored story to the small screen, Cuoco has been outspoken about earning the same amount as her male co-stars. She added to the outlet that she knew she was “equal” to her male co-star “from day one” on The Big Bang Theory, adding, “and that was never questioned in my experience with Big Bang—which I will always appreciate, because it set a standard for me.”
Does Kaley Cuoco have to pay alimony?
While Cuoco has been divorced twice, she’s reportedly protected her fortune with pre-nuptial agreements. She split with tennis player Ryan Sweeting in 2015 after less than three years of marriage. According to Entertainment Tonight, court documents show she was required to pay him $165,000 in spousal support, in addition to covering both of their attorney fees and paying the $9,387 Sweeting paid while negotiating the prenup.
She later moved on with equestrian Karl Cook, and the pair were married for over three years before their 2021 split. Following their breakup, a source told Us Weekly the millionaire duo had an “ironclad prenup” in place.
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How much did Kaley Cuoco make from Priceline?
Cuoco doesn’t just play a flight attendant on TV, she’s also appeared in ads for a real-life travel company. She started starring in advertisements for Priceline in 2013, some of which also included William Shatner. While some sites report that she earned an estimated $2 million from the deal in 2013, it’s unclear what her total earnings are.
How much did Kaley Cuoco make for the Smirnoff commercial?
Following her loss at the 2021 Golden Globes, Cuoco posted a photo of herself eating pizza on the floor. While she may not have scored a golden statuette, she did get an advertising deal out of the night. "I posted a picture on the floor with a bunch of stuff around me, including alcohol, and the next day I got a call from Smirnoff being like, 'That’s our girl!'" she told Bustle. It’s unclear how much she’s made from her partnership with the vodka brand.
Next, find out Big Bang Theory star and Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik's net worth.
